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phillpower2

Posted 28 May 2014 - 03:27 PM

iammykyl

Posted 29 May 2014 - 02:31 AM

iammykyl

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Alternative case source as I see yours is pre order, a different search tool that takes a little time to find parts but often cheaper than CPP. Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-01 RED LED Black ATX, hight is 16.30 inches, is equivalent to 41.4 centimetres, Yes, get another fan,, one in, one out. You may need to add one at the top, providing you limited headroom will allow.

battison10

Posted 29 May 2014 - 09:54 AM

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Thanks for the info Have ordered the case from Dabs and just got to wait until some money comes in before i start ordering the rest little by little!! I may even leave the graphics card till last and use the one I have in my current pc as a stop gap (1024MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 5450 (ATI AIB)), i'm sure this will be ok as a temporary measure

phillpower2

Posted 29 May 2014 - 02:28 PM

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It is not best practice to mix topics but the answer to your question is straightforward so will do no harm, it will not work as the chipset and other drivers for the present MB are on the HDD and this would stop the computer from booting.

There are other considerations as well, you can only do a custom install of one 32-bit to another 64-bit OS + there may also be licence restrictions in place by the fact that the OS on the HDD is the OEM type and so is tied to the present ASUS MB.

Posted 29 May 2014 - 02:51 PM

iammykyl

Posted 29 May 2014 - 05:34 PM

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Just be a bit careful of buying parts over an extended time. Depending on the site policy for DOA parts, not the actual product warranty. Usually it is 30 days. If you did have a CPU sitting about for 2 months, install it , than find it was dead, there could be comnplications returning it. You may incur shipping charges or have to wait for the product to be sent back to the manufacturer for confirmation. I would try to buy the MB CPU RAM and PSU at one time, after you have the other parts. Not saying you will have problems, just that you could.

battison10

Posted 30 May 2014 - 08:14 AM

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Just be a bit careful of buying parts over an extended time. Depending on the site policy for DOA parts, not the actual product warranty. Usually it is 30 days. If you did have a CPU sitting about for 2 months, install it , than find it was dead, there could be comnplications returning it. You may incur shipping charges or have to wait for the product to be sent back to the manufacturer for confirmation. I would try to buy the MB CPU RAM and PSU at one time, after you have the other parts. Not saying you will have problems, just that you could.

Many thanks for the advice!! - just returned home from work and the case has arrived (like a kid at Christmas with a new toy!!) - must say i'm impressed with it now just need to get all the items to go in it !!